Maria family

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Maria or Marian asteroids are a group of asteroids that orbit the sun with distances between about 2.5 and 2.706 AU. Asteroids in this family typically have an inclination of 12 to 17 degrees.^[1] The family gets its name from the asteroid 170 Maria.

Asteroids in this Family

Name	a	e	i
170 Maria	2.553	0.065	14.40°

References

↑ EasySky - Screenshots

Small Solar System bodies

Minor planets

Designation Groups Moons Meanings of names Pronunciation of names

Asteroids	Aten asteroid Families Jupiter Trojans Main-belt Near-Earth Spectral types

Distant minor planets	Centaurs Damocloids Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

Comets

Meteoroids

Bolide
Dust
Fireball
Meteor
Meteorite
Tektite

Lists / categories

Asteroid groups and families
Asteroid moons
Binary asteroids
Minor planets

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.